Across
- 4. The fuel source that China uses instead of wood that Marco Polo pointed out
- 6. During the mongol lead Yuan Dynasty, this group was placed at the bottom of social classes
- 9. The term used to describe the period of stability and trade prosperity under Mongol rule otherwise known as "Peace of Mongolia"
- 11. Kublai Khan did not want mongols to _______ to Chinese cultures as past conquerors did
- 13. Capital city of the Yuan Dynasty where Kublai Khan’s palace was built
- 15. The mongol lead Yuan Dynasty ended when Zhu Yuanzhang led a _________ against the Mongols
- 17. The Mongol ruler who launched a renewed campaign to conquer the Song Dynasty after his father, Genghis Khan’s death
- 19. The powerful winds that destroyed Kublai Khan’s invasion fleets headed for Japan
- 20. The dynasty whose defeat by the Mongols in 1279 marked the end of native Chinese rule and the start of Mongol dominance in China
Down
- 1. Trade route that flourished under Mongol control, allowing goods like porcelain and gunpowder to reach Europe
- 2. Kublai Khan iinstituted this kind of money, backed by gold reserves
- 3. World explorer who described Kublai Khan’s palace as having walls covered in silver and gold, with paintings of horsemen and dragons
- 5. This famous explorer planned to use the measurement systems made by Marco Polo
- 7. Ibn Battuta began his journey traveling to Mecca, this holy pilgrimage is known as a ____
- 8. While traveling the silk road, Ibn Battuta lost these, but were returned to him by mongol officials
- 10. Venetian merchant who worked in the Yuan Dynasty's government for seventeen years
- 12. Mongol leader who completed the conquest of China and expanded his empire to include Korea and Tibet
- 14. This is where the mongol emperor keeps corn, grain, rice, etc throughout his empire
- 16. Mongols made the silk road safer by setting up army garrisons along the major _____
- 18. Kublai Khan’s failed invasion of this country, due to its difficult terrain, weakened the Yuan Dynasty